Teachers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States

From 1 April 2012, teachers who qualified in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America (USA) are now recognised as qualified teachers and awarded Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England without being required to undertake any further training or assessment.

As a teacher, you will still be required to satisfy any UK Border Agency requirements that may apply to them for the purposes of entering or remaining in the UK to work as a teacher, and in order to be awarded recognition as a qualified teacher, you will need to have satisfy specific conditions if coming from Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the USA. For more information on these conditions please see our section on teachers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.